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China Unveils Nuclear Cruise Missile

One Variant Of The DF-10 ‘Long Sword’ Features Stealth Technology To Evade Anti-Aircraft Radar.

In a demonstration of its growing military might, China’ state-run media broadcast video Wednesday of its new nuclear-capable cruise missile, the DF-10 “Long Sword,” which has a range of more than 900 miles, making it capable of striking U.S. military bases in Japan and South Korea.

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The DF-10 series of missile variants includes one with stealth technology to allow it to evade enemy anti-aircraft radar.

The Russian government-funded Sputnik news agency quotes London-based intelligence and security analyst David Roche, who said China’s rapid military development will “almost inevitably” lead to a Cold War-type conflict with the U.S. Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered the People’s Liberation Army to prepare to “win any war.”